Conservatives Just Make Up The Numbers

This is the kind of information you get from the conservative right wing, where all relevant details to their claims are either demonstrably false or wildly misleading:

"...the right's claim that the administration used $1.19 million of taxpayer funds to buy just two pounds of ham. In the real world where the grown-ups live, the Department of Agriculture actually spent $1.19 million of taxpayer funds to buy 760,000 pounds of ham -- that's 380 tons -- to be distributed to local organizations that assist low-income Americans through food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens.

They were only off by 759,998 pounds.

And then there is the story of the door fixed for $1.4 million at at Dyess Air Force Base. Glenn Beck, via Drudge, of course flies off his little Fischer-Price handle in outrage. Turns out his reporting is completely false.

Of the $1.4 million, "$1.2 million to replace gas mains on the base, and $246,100 to repair doors in Building 5112." These are hangar doors at an Air Force base!

I guess Glenn thinks you can go to Home Depot and buy these.

Source: MediaMatters